This is an analysis of the poem Lord Thomas And Fair Annet that begins with:

Lord Thomas and fair Annet
Sat all day on a hill...

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba baca Xdcd XeXe cfXg dfXf hXih ifhX jfbf hddd bhah fcdc jfbX cfcf cihX cbhb hfhg fdbX cici kbcbXckcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1101110 111101 11111111 111111 11010101 110101 110101001 011100 1100110 101001 01010011 1110011 11101110 011111 11110011 111111 11011011011 1100101 10101110 110111 01111111 110111 1010101101 100101 1010110 110101 1101101 111111010 1011010101 1011101 101011010 1100110 110110101 110101 101011101011 10101101 1110100010 011001 100110101 111111 110100101 1101010 010010101 111110 01110101 110101 01011101 010101 11110001 110101 01110101 110110 001111011 111101 11111101 1100111 010111011 01011101 1101111010 110110 11110111 111101 11111110 111111 11010110 110111 11011110 001101 01110110 010111 11110001 011101 111111011 111111 111111111 110111 110101111 111111 110000111 111101 111111011 101111 11110111 1011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; riddle, has, her, get, that, and, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words come, and, with, despise are repeated.

    The author used the same words lord, she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word feet at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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